re: Who would win between Rome and Ancient China?

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Greece

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Rarely fought unified, and were only, really "together" as an empire under Philip and Alexander.

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Persia

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Couldn't handle the Western way of war - they were so impressed with Greek Hoplites, they began using them as mercenaries - and, of course, Alexander crushed them.

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India

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I guess they would have been formidable, but once Rome got rolling they took out lots of strong players - and smartly - one at a time. They only collapsed when they ran out of room to expand (as many great empires do).

The Mongols were legit, though.